Talk about under-promising and over-delivering. Against all odds, finance minister Tito Mboweni managed to pull the proverbial rabbit out of the hat.

Only time will tell how impressed we should be. And it may well be a make-or-break moment for President Cyril Ramaphosa, who has so far shown himself unwilling to face off with his allies in the union movement, important players behind his rise to the leadership of the ANC and eventually the country...

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